Police: Hempstead man charged with murder

Luis Moreno, of Hempstead, was arrested and charged Sunday with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Darwin A. Hernandez whose body was found March 2 behind the Laundry Palace on Clinton Street -- just feet from where police arrested Moreno. (March 24, 2013) Photo Credit: NCPD

A 35-year-old Hempstead man was arrested Sunday afternoon and charged with the murder of a 28-year-old man earlier this month in Hempstead.

Nassau County police said Luis Moreno, of 36 Ormond St., was found by Hempstead police officers on Clinton Street in Hempstead at 2:50 p.m. and was arrested without incident. He was charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Darwin A. Hernandez of Hempstead, whose body was found March 2 behind the Laundry Palace at 416 Clinton St. -- just feet from where police arrested Moreno.